Instep-fastener for use in lasting shoes.



' Patented Sept. ll, I900.

E. E. CANEDY. INSTEP FASTENER FOR USE IN LASTlNG SHOES.

(Application filed May 29, 1900.

(No Model.)

Qffoznm s NITED STATES PATET OFFICE.

ERNEST E. OANEDY, OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

lNS'lEP-FASTENER FOR USE IN LASTING SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,852, dated. September 11, 1900.

Application filed May 29, 1900. Serial No. 18,435. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST E; CANEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Adams, in the county of Berkshire. and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Instep-Fasteners for Use in Lasting Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to instep-holders for use in lasting shoes; and one object of the same is to provide a simple, convenient, and efficient device for holding the two edges of an upper together on the instep-line during the process of lasting the shoe.

Another object of my invention is to provide a metallic fastener which may be quickly inserted into two oppositely-located eyelets at or near the instep-line of an eyeleted upper and to provide a crown or central projection on the fastener which will extend between the two members of the lacing-fly in position to be readily severed by a wire-cutter to permit the withdrawal of the last after the shoe has been lasted.

I attain these objects by means of the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a shoeupper on a last, said upper being fastened together at the instep-line by a holder made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side View of my instep-holder before it is attached to the upper and before its legs are bent down to hold the edges of the instepopening together. Fig. 2 is a side View of my instep-holder attached to opposite eyeletholes, and a similar view of the holder unattached.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a wire fastener comprising the two legs 1 2, bent at right angles to the base portion 3,

and centrally of said base portion the Wire is brought together and extended to form a crown 4, which crown projects in the same direction as the legs andisofsufticient height to extend slightly above the upper-leather when in use in order that the crown may be cut to permit the last to be withdrawn after the shoe is lasted.

To use my instep-holder, the legs 1 2 are inserted into opposte eyelets cr a, near the instep-line of the upper, with the crown 4 projecting between the edges of the instep-opening. When the last is placed in the upper, the legs 1 2 are bent down, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, so as to be out of the way and so as not to interfere with handling the shoe in lasting. Then the upper has been lasted, the crown 4 may be cut to sever the fastener, and the last may then be removed. The advantages arising from the use of a fastener such as I have described are that the device may be quickly applied, is not in the Way in lasting the shoe, will last all shoes alike, and may be quickly cut by an ordinary pair of wire-cutters to let the last out. It will be noticed that the crown 4 projects up a sufficient distance above the vamp to permit the operator to readily nip orcut off said crown by a pair of wire-cutters, thus permitting the last to be quickly removed. Owing to the bend at the crown 4 a slight resiliency is given to the wire at this point and an extraordinary pull by the laster will not tear out the eyelets, but will cause the holder to yield.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is A wire instep-holder for use in lasting shoes, consisting of a base portion, legs at the outer ends of said base portion, said legs being bent inward toward each other to form hooks for engagement with opposite eyelets at the instep-line of a shoe-vamp, and a crown or loop formed on said holder centrally between 'said hooks and projecting from the base of the holder upon the same side as said hooks, said crown or loop designed to extend out between the edges of the instep-opening of the vamp in position to be readily severed by a wirecuttcr when the shoe is lasted, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST E. GANEDY.

Witnesses:

F. H. BENTON, EDWARD O. KIELY. 

